46-568: Marquess of Londonderry , of the County of Londonderry ( / ˈ l ʌ n d ən d r eɪ / LUN -dən-dree ), is a title in the Peerage of Ireland . The title was created in 1816 for Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Londonderry . He had earlier represented County Down in the Irish House of Commons . Stewart had already been created Baron Londonderry in 1789, Viscount Castlereagh , of Castlereagh in
92-590: A Catholic majority (55.56% according to the 2001 Census and 61.3% according to the 2021 Census ). The county flower is the purple saxifrage . The place name Derry is an anglicisation of the Old Irish Daire ( Modern Irish Doire ), meaning "oak-grove" or "oak-wood". As with the city, its name is subject to the Derry/Londonderry name dispute , with the form "Londonderry" generally preferred by unionists and "Derry" by nationalists . Unlike with
138-517: A cathedral) (population of 18,000 or more and under 75,000 at 2001 Census) (population of 10,000 or more and under 18,000 at 2001 Census) (population of 4,500 or more and under 10,000 at 2001 Census) (population of 2,250 or more and under 4,500 at 2001 Census) (population of 1,000 or more and under 2,250 at 2001 Census) (population of less than 1,000 at 2001 Census) It is one of four counties in Northern Ireland which currently has
184-705: A charter to The Honourable The Irish Society to undertake the plantation of a new county. This county was named Londonderry, a combination of London (in reference to the Livery Companies of the Irish Society) and Derry (then name of the city). This charter declared that the "City of Londonderry" and everything contained within the new county: shall be united, consolidated, and from hence-forth for ever be one entire County of itself, distinct and separate from all our Counties whatsoever within our Kingdom of Ireland-and from henceforth for ever be named, accounted and called,
230-462: A majority of the population from a Catholic community background, according to the 2021 census . At the time of the 2021 census there were 252,231 residents of County Londonderry. Of these: 61.3% were from a Catholic background, 32.5% were from a Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related), 0.9% were from other religions, and 5.3% had no religious background. The county was administered by Londonderry County Council from 1899 until
276-511: Is Mountsandel , located near Coleraine in County Londonderry is "perhaps the oldest recorded settlement within Ireland". At an early period, what became the county of Coleraine was inhabited by the O'Cahans , who were tributary to the O'Neills . Towards the close of the reign of Elizabeth I their territory was seized by England, with the purpose of checking the power of the O'Neills, and
322-499: Is Londonderry's brother, Lord Reginald Alexander Vane-Tempest-Stewart (born 1977), whose heir apparent is his son Robin Gabriel Vane-Tempest-Stewart (born 2004). County Londonderry County Londonderry ( Ulster-Scots : Coontie Lunnonderrie ), also known as County Derry ( Irish : Contae Dhoire ), is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland , one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland and one of
368-806: Is administered by the Education Authority (EA), sponsored by the Department of Education . The EA is divided into sub-regions: For Catholic grant-maintained schools administration is by the Derry Diocesan Education Office. Two major centres of the University of Ulster are in the county, including its headquarters at Coleraine and the Magee Campus in Derry. In Gaelic games , the GAA county of Derry
414-669: Is also widely played but is not as popular as football. However, the county team is generally regarded as one of the top hurling sides in Ulster and in 2006 won the Nicky Rackard Cup – the third tier hurling competition in Ireland. In association football, the NIFL Premiership , which operates as the top division, has two teams in the county: Coleraine F.C. and Institute F.C. , with Limavady United F.C. , Moyola Park F.C. , Portstewart F.C. and Tobermore United F.C. competing in
460-491: Is divided into three cross-county councils: Causeway Coast and Glens , Derry and Strabane , and Mid-Ulster District . Translink provides a Northern Ireland Railways service in the county, linking Derry~Londonderry railway station to Coleraine railway station (with a branch to Portrush on the Coleraine–Portrush railway line ) and onwards into County Antrim to Belfast Lanyon Place and Belfast Grand Central on
506-479: Is more or less coterminous with the former administrative county of Londonderry, although teams from the neighbouring counties of Tyrone, Donegal and Antrim have occasionally played in Derry competitions, and vice versa. The Derry teams wear the colours red and white. There are many club teams competing in up to five leagues and three championships. The county team has won one All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (in 1993 ) and five National League titles . Hurling
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#1732851097403552-902: The Belfast-Derry railway line . There is also the Foyle Valley Railway , a museum in Derry with some rolling stock from both the County Donegal Railway and the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway , and is located on the site of the former Londonderry Foyle Road railway station . The Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway continued as a private bus company based in the city but operating predominantly in County Donegal until it closed in 2014. Bus services are now provided by Ulsterbus . Government-funded education up to secondary school level
598-609: The Londonderry County Council until its abolition in 1973, was therefore moved to the town of Coleraine . The highest point in the county is the summit of Sawel Mountain (678 metres (2,224 ft)) on the border with County Tyrone . Sawel is part of the Sperrin Mountains , which dominate the southern part of the county. To the east and west, the land falls into the valleys of the Bann and Foyle rivers respectively; in
644-814: The NIFL Championship , which operates as levels two and three. Derry City F.C. play in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland after leaving the Northern Ireland structures in 1985, having resigned from the Irish Football League at the height of the Troubles because of not being allowed play their home games at the Brandywell due to security concerns from other clubs. The Northern Ireland Milk Cup
690-714: The UK Parliament since 2024 by Luke Akehurst of the Labour Party . A constituency formally named the Northern Division of Durham was created by the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election , when the former Durham constituency was split into the northern and southern divisions , each electing two members using the bloc vote system. This seat was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 when
736-722: The Wynyard Park estate in County Durham . Other properties included Seaham Hall in County Durham, as well as Londonderry House on Park Lane in London (where the Londonderry Hotel was later located), and Plas Machynlleth in mid-Wales. The 4th Marquess did not inherit the Seaham viscountcy and Vane earldom as he was not the heir male of the 3rd Marquess's second wife, a limitation of
782-455: The 5th Marquess assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Tempest. On his death, the titles passed to his eldest son, the 6th Marquess. He was a Conservative politician and held office in the administrations of Lord Salisbury and Arthur Balfour as Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland , as Postmaster General , as President of the Board of Education , as Lord Privy Seal and as Lord President of
828-892: The Army and like his elder half-brother a prominent politician and diplomat. Lord Londonderry served as Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies from 1807 to 1809, fought in the Napoleonic Wars and was Ambassador to Austria from 1814 to 1823. In 1814 he was created Baron Stewart , of Stewart's Court and Ballylawn in County Donegal, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . In 1819 Londonderry married as his second wife Frances Anne Vane-Tempest (died 1865), daughter and wealthy heiress of Sir Henry Vane-Tempest , 2nd Baronet , through which marriage substantial estates in County Durham came into
874-547: The Atlantic coast; the dikes , artificial coastlines and the bird sanctuaries on the eastern shore of Lough Foyle ; and the visitor centre at Bellaghy Bawn, close to the childhood home of Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney . In the centre of the county are the old-growth deciduous forests at Banagher and Ness Wood, where the Burntollet River flows over the highest waterfalls in Northern Ireland. (population of 75,000 or more with
920-562: The Beijing 2008 Olympics by finishing second in the lightweight fours final in Poznań, thus qualifying for the Beijing 2008 Olympics. Another Coleraine rower Alan Campbell is a World Cup gold medallist in the single sculls in 2006. The county currently has four main radio stations: Durham North (UK Parliament constituency) North Durham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of
966-477: The Council . In 1885 he assumed by Royal licence the additional and principal surname of Stewart. He was succeeded by his son, the 7th Marquess, who was also a Conservative politician. He had a career in both Irish and British politics but is best known for his role as Secretary of State for Air from 1931 to 1935. Lord Londonderry subsequently gained notoriety for his informal diplomatic contacts with senior members of
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#17328510974031012-452: The County of Down, in 1795 and Earl of Londonderry , of the County of Londonderry, in 1796. These titles are also in the Peerage of Ireland. He was the son of Alexander Stewart , who had married Mary Cowan, sister and heiress of Robert Cowan , who gained great wealth as Governor of Bombay from 1729 to 1737. Alexander was from Ballylawn, a townland at the south-west corner of Inishowen in
1058-492: The County of Londonderry. This new county would comprise the then County Coleraine—which consisted of the baronies of Tirkeeran , Coleraine , and Keenaght —and at the behest of The Irish Society the following additional territory was added: all but the south-west corner of the barony of Loughinsholin , then a part of County Tyrone, as it had sufficient wood for construction; the North East Liberties of Coleraine, which
1104-496: The German government. He made six visits to Nazi Germany between January 1936 and September 1938 meeting Adolf Hitler on a number of occasions and sympathising with some of his viewpoints. His wife Edith Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry , was an influential society hostess remembered for her close friendship with Ramsay MacDonald . Lord Londonderry was succeeded by his son, the 8th Marquess. He represented County Down in
1150-784: The House of Commons as a Conservative from 1931 to 1945. The heir apparent to the marquessate is styled Viscount Castlereagh , although the Marquess is also the Earl Vane, and the heir apparent's heir apparent, when such exists, is styled Lord Stewart . Between 1823 and 1854 and between 1872 and 1999, the Marquesses of Londonderry sat in the House of Lords as The Earl Vane . Between 1822 and 1823 and between 1854 and 1872, they sat as The Lord Stewart . The principal family seats were Mount Stewart , near Newtownards , County Down , Northern Ireland , and
1196-549: The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the 2024 United Kingdom general election , the constituency is composed of the following electoral divisions of the County of Durham (as they existed on 1 December 2020): The constituency was expanded to bring the electorate within the permitted range, by adding the Lanchester ward from the abolished constituency of North West Durham . The constituency spans
1242-572: The Stewart family. He assumed the additional surname of Vane on his marriage and in 1823 he was created Viscount Seaham , of Seaham in the County Palatine of Durham, and Earl Vane , with remainder to the male issue of his second marriage. These titles are in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Lord Londonderry was succeeded in the viscountcy of Seaham and earldom of Vane according to the special remainder by his eldest son from his second marriage while he
1288-427: The abolition of county councils in Northern Ireland in 1973. They were replaced by district councils . These councils were: Londonderry City Council (renamed Derry City Council in 1984), Limavady Borough Council , and Magherafelt District Council , most of Coleraine Borough Council , and part of Cookstown District Council . After a reduction in the number of councils in Northern Ireland in 2011, County Londonderry
1334-500: The changes to local authority boundaries under the Local Government Act 1972 . The new constituency comprised those parts of the abolished Chester-le-Street constituency retained within the reconstituted county of Durham, together with those parts of the abolished Consett constituency which had comprised the urban district of Stanley . See map on Vision of Britain website. Included non-resident 40 shilling freeholders in
1380-480: The city, however, there has never been a County Derry. County Londonderry was formed mostly from the old County Coleraine (see below). British authorities use the name "Londonderry", while "Derry" is used by the Republic of Ireland . The county has a significant of megalithic structures from prehistoric times, including Ballygroll Prehistoric Landscape , as well as numerous others. The most significant site however
1426-948: The county is represented at senior level by Rainey Old Boys Rugby Club, Magherafelt who compete in the Ulster Senior League and All Ireland Division Three. Limavady R.F.C, City of Derry Rugby Club , Londonderry Y.M.C.A and Coleraine Rugby Club all compete in Ulster Qualifying League One. Cricket is particularly popular in the north-west of Ireland, with 11 of the 20 senior clubs in the North West Cricket Union located in County Londonderry: Limavady, Eglinton , Glendermott, Brigade, Killymallaght, Ardmore, Coleraine, Bonds Glen, Drummond, Creevedonnell and The Nedd. In rowing , Richard Archibald from Coleraine along with his Irish teammates qualified for
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1472-475: The individual companies were each granted an estimated 3,210 acres (5.02 sq mi; 13.0 km ) throughout the county. These companies and the sites of their headquarters were: As a result of the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 , the city was detached from the county for administrative purposes, becoming a separate county borough from 1899. The county town of County Londonderry, and seat of
1518-402: The marquessate. The 2nd Marquess did not follow his father as a Representative Peer into the House of Lords, this permitted him to continue fulfilling his roles in the House of Commons. Castlereagh was succeeded by his half-brother, the 3rd Marquess. He was the only son from the 1st Marquess's second marriage to Lady Frances Pratt, daughter of Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden . He was a General in
1564-615: The nine counties of Ulster . Before the partition of Ireland , it was one of the counties of the Kingdom of Ireland from 1613 onward and then of the United Kingdom after the Acts of Union 1800 . Adjoining the north-west shore of Lough Neagh , the county covers an area of 2,118 km (818 sq mi) and today has a population of about 252,231. Since 1972, the counties in Northern Ireland, including Londonderry, have no longer been used by
1610-527: The north of County Donegal , a county located in the west of Ulster in the northern part of Ireland . However, much of the Stewart family's wealth was based on the estates which came into the family through this marriage. The 1st Marquess was one of the few people to become a Marquess without inheriting any titles prior to the creation. He sat in the British House of Lords as one of the twenty-eight original Irish representative peer from 1800 to 1821. He
1656-415: The parliamentary boroughs of Durham , Gateshead , South Shields and Sunderland . Burnopfield and Dipton wards were transferred to the redrawn North West Durham . The 1997 boundaries were retained despite the official description of the constituency changing slightly in terms of the names of the local authority wards. Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies , enacted by
1702-729: The remainder of those peerages. Frederick Aubrey Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 10th Marquess of Londonderry (born 6 September 1972), is the son of the 9th Marquess and his wife, Doreen Patricia Wells, who was a ballerina with the Royal Ballet between 1955 and 1974. He was styled as Viscount Castlereagh from birth and later as Earl Vane. On 20 June 2012, Earl Vane succeeded his father as Marquess of Londonderry (I., 1816), Earl of Londonderry (I., 1796), Earl Vane (U.K., 1823), Viscount Castlereagh (I., 1795), Viscount Seaham of Seaham (U.K., 1823), Baron Stewart of Stewart's Court and Ballylawn (U.K., 1814), and Baron Londonderry (I., 1789). The heir presumptive
1748-501: The south-east, the county touches the shore of Lough Neagh, which is the largest lake in Ireland; the north of the county is distinguished by the steep cliffs, dune systems, and remarkable beaches of the Atlantic coast. The county is home to a number of important buildings and landscapes, including the well-preserved 17th-century city walls of Derry ; the National Trust –owned Plantation estate at Springhill ; Mussenden Temple on
1794-525: The state as part of the local administration. Following further reforms in 2015, the area is now governed under three different districts: Derry and Strabane , Causeway Coast and Glens and Mid-Ulster . Despite no longer being used for local government and administrative purposes, it is sometimes used in a cultural context in All-Ireland sporting and cultural events (i.e. Derry GAA ). Since 1981, it has become one of four counties in Northern Ireland that has
1840-426: The two divisions were replaced by eight single-member divisions. These were Barnard Castle , Bishop Auckland , Chester-le-Street , Houghton-le-Spring , Jarrow , Mid Durham , North West Durham and South East Durham . In addition, there were seven County Durham borough constituencies. The seat was re-created as a single-seat constituency for the 1983 general election as a result of the redistribution following
1886-586: The world including Europe, the US, Africa, the Far East, South America, the Middle East, Australia, Russia, New Zealand and Canada. Some of the biggest teams in the world have entered including Premiership giants Everton , Liverpool , Manchester United , Chelsea , Tottenham Hotspur as well as top European teams such as Feyenoord , F.C. Porto , FC Barcelona , Benfica , Bayern Munich and Dynamo Kiev . In rugby union ,
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1932-504: Was established in 1983 and is regarded as one of the most prestigious youth football tournaments in Europe and the world. The competition is based at Coleraine and involves several other towns and villages in the county – Limavady , Portstewart and Castlerock – and in neighbouring County Antrim – Ballymoney , Portrush , Ballymena and Broughshane . The event, held in the last week of July, has attracted teams from 56 countries around
1978-668: Was made the county of Coleraine , named after the regional capital. A short description of County Coleraine is given in Harris 's Hibernica , and also in Captain Pynnar's Survey of the Escheated Counties of Ulster, Anno 1618 : The county of Coleraine ,* otherwise called O'Cahan's country, is divided, as Tyrone, by ballyboes and doth contain, as appeareth by the survey, 547 ballyboes, or 34,187 acres, every ballyboe containing 60 acres or thereabouts. On 2 March 1613, James I granted
2024-510: Was part of County Antrim and the City of Londonderry and its Liberties, which were in County Donegal, so that they could control both banks of the River Foyle and River Bann . The Irish Society was made up of the twelve main livery companies of London, which themselves were composed of various guilds. Whilst The Irish Society as a whole was given possession of the city of Londonderry and Coleraine,
2070-540: Was succeeded by his son from his first marriage to Lady Sarah Seymour. The 2nd Marquess, better known as Lord Castlereagh (he went by the courtesy title of Viscount Castlereagh from 1796 to 1821), was a noted statesman and diplomat. Castlereagh is best remembered for his tenure as Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom from 1812 to 1822 and played an important role at the Congress of Vienna of 1814 to 1815. He committed suicide in 1822, one year after succeeding his father in
2116-448: Was succeeded in the Irish titles and the barony of Stewart by his son from his first marriage to Lady Catherine Bligh, the 4th Marquess. He died childless in 1872 and was succeeded by his half-brother, the 5th Marquess, who had already succeeded his father as second Earl Vane in 1854. He represented Durham North in the House of Commons and served as Lord-Lieutenant of County Durham . In 1851
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